Hellkeeper-Chapter 2

Chap 2

Strangers


Cole rushed in. Mike was seen struggling with some thing, but it only appeared to be nothing for Cole.

"What are you doing?" Cole raised her voice.

"Huh? Ah! Why are you here? I thought I told you to stay out?" Mike appeared rather hasty.

"Oh. I thought you told me to come in." Cole’s tone seemed to be rather guilty.
Mike changed his position. He tried to stand properly, only to be fidgeting.

"About this thing…" Mike paused. He didn’t know where to start.

"What thing?" Cole frowned at Mike.

"Huh? This…" Mike looked at the emptiness and then looked back.

Cole still carried this puzzled look on her face. She tried to comprehend what Mike was doing and saying, but she still could not figure out.

"Who is she?"
Mike turned around. He was standing right in front of a huge figure, the one that just let those words slip out of his mouth.

"She is…" Mike cut off in midway, just remembering that Cole could not see or hear the spirits. Maybe she can’t not feel them too. Mike forced a smile towards Cole. Cole is starting to look bored now.

"Can you go out for a while, please?" Mike smiled really unnaturally. Cole only shrugged her shoulders, and walked out of the room. Mike immediately shut the door behind her, heaving a deep sigh of relief.

"She is Cole, a friend of mine." Mike sighed towards the figure.

"She looks familiar. I think I have seen her before." The figure thought aloud.

"Really? Many people look alike, you know? It’s not very surprising." Mike widened his eyes.

"Ok. Forget about that already. Gorge told me to tell you something he forgot. I think it’s about that girl. You know, the fallen angel?"

"Yeah. What about her?"

"He just found out that she’s not in the underworld anymore. You might be interested in this topic."

"Just continue. I am interested."

"Gorge thinks that she is on Earth. Here, looking for something. Should I just say, ‘taking care’ of something…" With that, the figure disappeared.

"Wait! What the heck was the full story?" Mike frowned at the empty space.
Cole smiled outside his room.

"Just in time ~" She walked away, letting the shadows cover her presence.(-to be continued-)